Jake Smith, a 20-year-old Stetson University student and DeLand resident, opened the meeting with a secular invocation. He used the opportunity to not only quote Chaplin's "The Great Dictator," but to thank the commission for the opportunity for him to open the meeting and offer "a different perspective."
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... and Nancy Swilik, both of Elyria; six grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren and sister, Mildred "Sis" Bennett of DeLand, Florida. She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert in 1995; parents, Clarence and Ila (nee McDonald); sister, Clara ...
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... Wash on U.S. 17-92 just before 11:30 a.m. Thursday when police say a man identified Friday as Charles T. Boyd, 44, of DeLand forced her away from her vehicle and drove off with it. Boyd apparently picked up Lucy A. Hellstrom, 33, also of DeLand, ...
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Two people were killed in an accident in Deland Thursday, following a carjacking in Debary. The Deland Police Department has identified the driver of the carjacked vehicle as 44-year old Charles T. Boyd, and the female passenger in the car as 33-year old Lucy A. Hellstrom, both of Deland.
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... say the suspect picked up a female passenger. The two ended up about 10 miles north of the initial attack in DeLand. The Daytona Beach News-Journal ( http://goo.gl/dT9LCc ) reports that police were not chasing the PT Cruiser when it crashed. ...
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BEACON PHOTO/ANTHONY DeFEO Crash in DeLand - Shown are the two vehicles involved in a crash that closed the southbound lane of Woodland Boulevard this morning in DeLand. Witnesses said the PT Cruiser, at right, was being pursued by 15 to 20 law-enforcement vehicles when the crash occurred.
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A 74-year-old DeLand man is in jail after the Volusia County Sheriff's Office said he hit his 100-year-old mother in the head with a broom on Tuesday night. According to the Sheriff's Office report, sometime on Tuesday night, Ellen Corning walked into her son David Corning's room in their shared DeLand home to feed his cat.
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BEACON PHOTO/ANTHONY DeFEO Crash in DeLand - Shown are the two vehicles involved in a crash that closed the southbound lane of Woodland Boulevard this morning in DeLand. Witnesses said the PT Cruiser, at right, was being pursued by 15 to 20 law-enforcement vehicles when the crash occurred.
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... were injured Monday in the traffic accident. (DENNIS WALL, ORLANDO SENTINEL) Two fatalities are being reported in a DeLand crash involving a stolen vehicle that was pursued by law enforcement, according to Volusia County officials. The carjacking ...
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Two people are dead after a carjacking led to a crash outside a car dealership on U.S. 17-29 in DeLand just before noon Thursday. The southbound lanes of U.S. 17-92, also known as South Woodland Boulevard, were shut down in front of the RC Hill Mitsubishi dealership as emergency crews worked the crash.
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... provide," said Launch CEO Joe Mirachi, in a prepared statement. The building will also house a branch office of the DeLand Area Chamber of Commerce and Orange City Business Alliance. A grand opening ceremony will be Aug. 14, with the first 100 ...
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Changes are coming to the Brandywine Tennis and Fitness Club. The club, located just north of DeLand at 2930 Brandywine Road, came under the new ownership of Hawaii businessman Wei-Yu Su in August of last year.
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... the report states. The row between mother and son occurred Tuesday evening in their home on Robin Hood Drive outside DeLand but Ellen Corning told deputies she was afraid to report it at the time. The centenarian said she had entered her son's ...
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An ultralight plane had to make an emergency landing Wednesday morning after losing fuel pressure near a west DeLand landfill, according to authorities. "It was an emergency landing and there doesn't appear to be any injuries," Andrew Gant, a spokesman at the Volusia County Sheriff's Office said.
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... about what it is and what it isn't," Marbut said. At least two mayors who generally support the plan, Bob Apgar of DeLand and Tom Laputka of Orange City, said they aren't surprised Deltona isn't on board and shared concerns that the project might ...
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SuperValu Inc. said Tuesday that it may spin off its discount grocer Save-A-Lot into a separate publicly traded company as competition in the industry intensifies. Save-A-Lot has seven stores in Volusia County: two in DeLand, and one each in Daytona Beach, Deltona, Holly Hill, Orange City and Port Orange.
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